An apparent conflict between two earlier decisions rendered by this Court one in Naramadaben Maganlal Thakker v Pranjivandas Maganlal Thakker Ors SCC and the other in K Balakrishnan v K ... Kamalam Ors SCC has led to this reference to a larger bench for an authoritative pronouncement as to the true and correct interpretation of Sections and of The Transfer of Property Act Before we deal with the precise area in which the two decisions take divergent views we may briefly set out the factual matrix in which the controversy arises